Rambles among the Channel Islands / by a Naturalist.

Date:
[1855?]
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Credit: Rambles among the Channel Islands / by a Naturalist. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the scene of a fierce and arduous struggle between the French and the inhabitants. By means of a powerful fleet the French com- mitted many aggressions on the English coast; and after sacking and plundering Southampton, this formidable armament directed its course towards these little islands. After a severe resistance, they obtained possession of Guernsey, and retained it for upwards of a year. Even the strong fortress Castle Cornet, which had been considered impregnable, was obliged to capitulate, and fell into the hands of the French. The interior of Jersey, however, remained still unsubdued. The island was subsequently evacuated by the enemy, and restored to the English, by a truce between Philip and Edward. Notwithstanding, however, the several truces agreed upon at different times between the contending nations, they were so ill observed that they existed only in the name, and war may be said to have been still carried on. A definitive treaty of peace was, however, finally entered into between Edward III. and the King of France, by which he renounced all claim to the province of Normandy, but re- served to himself the Channel Islands. When Charles V. succeeded to the throne of France, these islands became again the scene of a most bloody and obstinate struggle. A